Adam de Valence de Baillon, Sr.

Adam de Bâillon, Sieur de Valences, son of Michel de Baillon, Vicomte de Caudebec (Seine-Inférieure AKA Seine-Maritime), a collector of aides and other finances for the King, Seignuer de Louanville, in Beauce, and Jeanne Le Seigneur daughter of Adam, Seigneur d'Espretot. [1][2]

He was a notary and secretary of the King (1504-1507), and registrar in the Parliament of Rouen. A registrar is an officer charged with giving authenticity to the acts of a judge to help him in the exercise of his functions. Parliament refers to a supreme provincial court of justice, not a legislative body [2][1]. He was also sent on diplomatic missions to England.